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Man shot in the back in SLO

Written on 9 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Police are looking for a suspect who shot a man in the back at Santa Rosa Park in San Luis Obispo shortly after midnight on Thursday. Emergency personnel responded to calls of screaming in the park, discovered the victim and... (Continue reading)

Dems have Assembly super-majority

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

A “super-majority” favoring Democrats in the California legislature may be just around the corner, a final decision awaiting late counting of outstanding ballots in two close races. (San Jose Mercury News) Such a one-party rule advantage hasn’t occurred in this... (Continue reading)

Uncounted ballots could swing key elections

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Ballots remaining uncounted could swing a couple of close elections in San Luis Obispo County. Election officials must still count 29,912 countywide ballots. The county clerk-recorder’s office says it plans to resume the counting process Friday. Of the nearly 30,000... (Continue reading)

SLO firefighter fired despite dodging assault conviction

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

The San Luis Obispo Fire Department fired the fire fighter who recently escaped a felony assault conviction for his role in a bar bathroom brawl. John Ryan Mason, a fire engineer and paramedic, faced charges of felony assault with great... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles mayoral candidate arrested on election night

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

On election night, Paso Robles mayoral candidate Jeff Rougeot spent the night in jail after a San Luis Obispo County superior court judge ordered him reprimanded because of a string of crimes he allegedly committed during a two month spree.... (Continue reading)

Voters pass Brown’s Prop. 30

Written on 7 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

California voters approved Gov. Jerry Brown’s measure to raise taxes to fund public education. Proposition 30 passed with just under 54 percent of the vote, allowing schools to avoid billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts. The measure increases the... (Continue reading)

Peterson swamps Molnar to win Grover Beach mayor seat

Written on 7 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Debbie Peterson, a Grover Beach councilwoman, easily swept to victory in the race for mayor with a 75 to 24 percent lead over Phyllis Molnar. Peterson is expected to make changes in the South County Sanitation District’s leadership following regulators... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles council race too close to call

Written on 7 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The Paso Robles City Council race remains too close to call with just late arriving vote-by-mail ballots left uncounted. Former councilman Steve Martin leads by a fairly comfortable margin over incumbents Fred Strong and Nick Gilman and challenger Jim Reed.... (Continue reading)

Incumbents win sizably in SLO

Written on 7 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

According to incomplete results, the incumbents will remain on the San Luis Obispo City Council. Mayor Jan Marx won reelection in a landslide victory and councilmen Dan Carpenter and John Ashbaugh each finished well ahead of their challengers. Marx received... (Continue reading)

Capps wins reelection to Congress

Written on 7 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Democratic Rep. Lois Capps defeated Republican Abel Maldonado in the race to represent the Central Coast in Congress, according to incomplete returns. Following redistricting, the seat became one of a few in California that the Republican Party hoped to wrestle... (Continue reading)